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10/01/2012 Trip Notes: Today Harvey Smith and I hiked the Lovell Wash and Anniversary Narrows. The view looking west of the wash above (Fig. 01), shows it running (L to R) south to north, is looking down from Anniversary Mine Road just before it winds it way down into the wash. Below (Figs. 02 & 03) show us winding our way up the wash until we reached our final stopping point (Fig. 04), just 50 feet shy of the narrows’ entrance (Fig. 05). Though this was my second visit to this area, it was Harvey’s first and he was truly impressed by the well worn walls of these slots (Figs. 06 thru 11), hewed over the course of millions of years by the rushing waters of this vast wash.
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| Reaching the end of the slots, we were confronted with a wide open wash (Fig. 12) that lead us deeper into the Muddy Mountain range. As you hike north up the wash you will encounter several places where it divides and splits off into smaller washes. We stayed to the east, following the main ridgeline, hoping to find a place where we could find a passage over the ridge for a view of the Bowl of Fire. (see the map above) Unfortunately, the further we hiked, the more the wash led us away from the ridgeline. Even when we diverted from the wash towards the ridge, it appeared much too steep to attempt without some rather heavy scrambling. In spite of some nice views, we were somewhat disappointed and finally turned around and headed back. |
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| 12/08/2011 Trip Notes: I visited the Lovell Wash and Anniversary Narrows, located at mile marker 16 on Lake Mead's North Shore Road, for the second time this year with the rock-hounds from the Henderson Heritage Park's Senior Facility. Though this area is also home of the now defunct Anniversary Mine, the wash's main attraction is the Anniversary Narrows, one of Nevada's only slot canyons. On this visit we were actually able to drive in much further than the last time, cutting the hiking time and distance to slot canyon in half, resulting in some really nice pictures on this trip. The view of the wash, running (L to R) south to north, in (Fig. 01) below is looking down from the Anniversary Mine Road just before it runs down into the wash. |
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There is some amazing geology here. It appears that this land may have once been layers of mud in the bottom of some vast playa lake where ancient animals once roamed. The mud turned to stone, and tectonic activity jumbled the area and turned the lake bed on edge. Today we are left with several mountain-sized ridges of sedimentary materials (sandstone, limestone, and mudstone of various colors including purple, red, green, yellow, and gray) that have been steeply tilted up; some nearly vertical as seen in the picture on the left below. (Click to view full-size)
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The Anniversary Narrows: As the hike continues around the bend of the wash the trail is mostly sand and loose gravel. The narrows are an exciting section of canyon with walls extending 100 feet above the canyon floor. A couple of sections require large steps or scrambles to get beyond some large boulder. The narrows extend for more than a quarter mile, with each twist and turn offering new beauty in the rocks and the patterns of the grooves, as well as the colors and the way the light plays on both. The top picture is a view upstream into the narrows.The entrance to the narrows (shown below) can be seen at the very center of the above picture. (Click to view full-size)
The sculpted and water-polished sandstone and sedimentary rocks inside this slot canyon are spectacular. We were here during the early morning. I’m sure that the late afternoon sun would provide much more ‘color’ for picture taking. View of the Lovell Wash looking south as you leave the slot canyon and narrows, heading back to the trail-head.
01/20/2011 Trip Notes: I first visited the Lovell Wash on 01/20/2011 on a daytrip with the rock hounds from the Henderson Heritage Park Senior Facility. Though the wash winds past the old Anniversary Mine on the way to a small slot canyon, I chose a different route and headed more east. Next trip I plan on going to the mine and into the slot canyon.
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| Veering off to the right of the main road, about a third of the hike in are a series of rises and hills that make for easy climbing. Very near the top of the highest hill I found this river of stone that appears to have been a layer of mud, turned stone, that then at some point was broken like a smashed pane of glass, leaving thousands of shards that look like small pieces of Italian mosaic tile. |
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| Walking in the wash pictured above, a tributary to the Lovell Wash, I found these lone tracks that appeared to be those of either a mountain lion or coyote. You be the judge. |
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Slideshow Description:The slideshow above contains 67 pictures that were taken in the Lovell Wash and the slot canyon at the Anniversary Narrows.
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